Monty Python's Spamalot Musical Soundtrack Lyrics
Historian's Introduction to Act I
[Historian]
England 932 A.D. A Kingdom divided. To the West the Anglo-Saxons, to the East
the French. Above nothing but Celts and some people from Scotland. In Gwynned,
Powys, and Dyfed - Plague. In the kingdoms of Wessex, Sussex, Essex and Kent -
Plague. In Mercia and the two Anglias - Plague. With a 50% chance of pestilence
and famine coming out of the Northeast at twelve miles per hour. Legend tells us
of an extraordinary leader, who arose from the chaos, to unite a troubled
kingdom. A man with a vision who gathered Knights together in a Holy Quest. This
man was Arthur, King of the Britons. For this was England!